Comment by gerash

I'm all for regulations to avoid these account closures with no recourse.

That said, why do people care so much about Google using Gmail data for ad. You either trust Google or not.

If you are convinced that random humans won't read your private emails for fun and giggles then why should I care if their regexes or neural networks are fed my emails or my search history?

The only downside is if someone is watching your screen, certain ads can reveal the content of your emails in that scenario.

Google should simply provide a paid version for all its services in case people dislike ads but whether their code runs on my gmail or Google Drive content doesn't matter that much to me.